From January through March of 2022, there were four homes sold, with a median sale price of $397,850 - a 44.7% increase over the $275,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 15 homes sold in Watertown in the first quarter of 2021.
The median sales tax in Watertown for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $3,115, approximately 0.8% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2022.
The following table compares Watertown to other Carver County cities in the first quarter of 2022:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2022 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2022 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 19 | 25 | -24% | $635,000 | $514,900 | 23.3% |
| Chanhassen | 56 | 65 | -13.8% | $460,000 | $485,000 | -5.2% |
| Carver | 12 | 19 | -36.8% | $439,000 | $415,000 | 5.8% |
| Watertown | 4 | 15 | -73.3% | $397,850 | $275,000 | 44.7% |
| Cologne | 7 | 5 | 40% | $390,000 | $290,000 | 34.5% |
| Waconia | 37 | 35 | 5.7% | $349,000 | $348,000 | 0.3% |
| Mayer | 6 | 5 | 20% | $307,500 | $329,000 | -6.5% |
| Chaska | 65 | 62 | 4.8% | $300,000 | $288,950 | 3.8% |
| Hamburg | 1 | 2 | -50% | $250,000 | $314,500 | -20.5% |
| Norwood Young America | 13 | 10 | 30% | $222,000 | $235,450 | -5.7% |
| New Germany | 3 | 2 | 50% | $216,300 | $50,000 | 332.6% |
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